# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerhard-wessel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:38:34.427Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerhard-wessel"
name: "Gerhard Wessel"
slug: "gerhard-wessel"
description: "Gerhard Wessel was President of the Federal Intelligence Bureau from May 1968 to December 1978. He previously served in the Reichswehr (1932–35) and Army, including the Foreign Armies East of Reinhard Gehlen during World War II. After the war, he was part of the Gehlen Organisation, and then the Bundeswehr (1956–1952)."
tagline: "President of the Federal Intelligence Bureau (1913–2002)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1913-12-24"
deathDate: "2002-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.250904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Вессель, Герхард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "جيرهارد فيسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "جيرهارد فيسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Wessel"
    title: "Gerhard Wessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Wessel"
    title: "Gerhard Wessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Wessel"
    title: "Gerhard Wessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ゲルハルト・ヴェッセル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Wessel"
    title: "Gerhard Wessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73659"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump